Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source
Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960 3.0E-8
1961 3.0E-8
1962 3.0E-8
1963 3.0E-8
1964 3.0E-8
1965 3.0E-8
1966 3.0E-8
1967 3.0E-8
1968 3.0E-8
1969 3.0E-8
1970 3.0E-8
1971 3.0E-8
1972 3.0E-8
1973 2.0E-8
1974 3.0E-8
1975 3.0E-8
1976 3.0E-8
1977 3.0E-8
1978 3.0E-8
1979 3.0E-8
1980 3.0E-8
1981 3.0E-8
1982 3.0E-8
1983 3.0E-8
1984 3.0E-8
1985 3.0E-8
1986 3.0E-8
1987 3.0E-8
1988 3.0E-8
1989 3.0E-8
1990 3.0E-8
1991 6.0E-8
1992 2.5E-7
1993 2.66E-6
1994 5.952E-5
1995 0.00275023
1996 0.12802917
1997 0.22904008
1998 0.39282352
1999 2.79070617
2000 10.04054417
2001 22.05786167
2002 43.53020667
2003 74.60630083
2004 83.5413625
2005 87.15914167
2006 80.36807206
2007 76.70614275
2008 75.03335417
2009 79.32816667
2010 91.90572034
2011 93.93475
2012 95.46795542
2013 96.51827948
2014 98.30241686
2015 120.06070167
2016 163.65643412
2017 165.91595069
2018 252.85574773
2019 364.82580498
2020 578.25878028
2021 631.44195551
2022 460.56751163

Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source